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Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils

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Barbeau, PS; Collar, JI; Whaley, PM

Published in: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

May 1, 2007

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We have designed and built a highly monochromatic 24 keV neutron beam at the Kansas State University Triga Mark-II reactor, as part of an experimental effort to demonstrate sensitivity in a large-mass detector to the ultra-low energy recoils expected from coherent neutrino-nucleus elastic scattering. The beam characteristics were chosen so as to mimic the soft recoil energies expected from reactor antineutrinos in a variety of targets, allowing to understand the response of dedicated detector technologies in this yet unexplored sub-keV recoil range. A full characterization of the beam properties (intensity, monochromaticity, contaminations, beam profile) is presented, together with first tests of the calibration facility using proton recoils in organic scintillator. © 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Author Phillip S. Barbeau Physics

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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI

10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169

ISSN

0168-9002

Publication Date

May 1, 2007

Volume

574

Issue

Start / End Page

385 / 391

Related Subject Headings

Nuclear & Particles Physics
5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
0299 Other Physical Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences

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Barbeau, P. S., Collar, J. I., & Whaley, P. M. (2007). Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 574(2), 385–391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169

Barbeau, P. S., J. I. Collar, and P. M. Whaley. “Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 574, no. 2 (May 1, 2007): 385–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169.

Barbeau PS, Collar JI, Whaley PM. Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2007 May 1;574(2):385–91.

Barbeau, P. S., et al. “Design and characterization of a neutron calibration facility for the study of sub-keV nuclear recoils.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 574, no. 2, May 2007, pp. 385–91. Scopus, doi:10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169.

Published In

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

DOI

10.1016/j.nima.2007.01.169

ISSN

0168-9002

Publication Date

May 1, 2007

Volume

574

Issue

Start / End Page

385 / 391

Related Subject Headings

Nuclear & Particles Physics
5106 Nuclear and plasma physics
0299 Other Physical Sciences
0202 Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences